Sunday, June 3, 2018

Air Malta to fly to Hamburg and Leipzig as of winter

Air
Malta will once again start flying to German cities Hamburg and Leipzig as of
next winter, the airline announced on Sunday. The revived routes are the
result of a partnership with German tour operator FTI.

Malta's national airline will begin a once-a-week Wednesday service to and from
the two metropolitan centres on Oct. 31st, resuming flights to cities it once
served until it drastically cut its flight route network some years back. Once the
two reintroduced routes are operational, Air Malta will be serving five German
cities.

"Over the years we have operated a number of charter flights to both German
cities and we believe that with the support of FTI through seat commitments we
can transform this route to an all year-round scheduled operation and we over
time can grow frequency," said Air Malta chief commercial officer P. Sies.

FTI's B. Bugeja welcomed Air Malta's decision to re-enter the Hamburg and
Leipzig markets, saying that the decision to bring the routes "back to life" was the result of a strong partnership between FTI and the airline.